Ubuntu Manpage: fd - find entries in the filesystem

NAME

       fd - find entries in the filesystem

SYNOPSIS

       fd  [-HIEsiaLp0hV]  [-d  depth] [-t filetype] [-e ext] [-E exclude] [-c when] [-j num] [-x
       cmd] [pattern] [path...]

DESCRIPTION

       fd is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find(1).

       By default fd uses regular expressions for the pattern. However, this can  be  changed  to
       use simple glob patterns with the '--glob' option.

OPTIONS

-H, --hidden
Include hidden files and directories in the search results (default: hidden files
and directories are skipped). The flag can be overridden with '--no-hidden'.

-I, --no-ignore
Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by

• .gitignore

• .git/info/exclude

• The global gitignore configuration (by default $HOME/.config/git/ignore)

• .ignore

• .fdignore

• The global fd ignore file (usually $HOME/.config/fd/ignore )

The flag can be overridden with '--ignore'.

-u, --unrestricted
Perform an unrestricted search, including ignored and hidden files. This is an
alias for '--hidden --no-ignore'.

--no-ignore-vcs
Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by
gitignore files including .gitignore, .git/info/exclude, and the global gitignore
configuration (core.excludesFile git setting, which defaults to
$HOME/.config/git/ignore). The flag can be overridden with '--ignore-vcs'.

--no-ignore-parent
Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by
gitignore files in parent directories.

-s, --case-sensitive
Perform a case-sensitive search. By default, fd uses case-insensitive searches,
unless the pattern contains an uppercase character (smart case).

-i, --ignore-case
Perform a case-insensitive search. By default, fd uses case-insensitive searches,
unless the pattern contains an uppercase character (smart case).

-g, --glob
Perform a glob-based search instead of a regular expression search. If combined
with the '--full-path' option, '**' can be used to match multiple path components.

--regex
Perform a regular-expression based search (default). This can be used to override
--glob.

-F, --fixed-strings
Treat the pattern as a literal string instead of a regular expression. Note that
this also performs substring comparison. If you want to match on an exact filename,
consider using '--glob'.

-a, --absolute-path
Shows the full path starting from the root as opposed to relative paths. The flag
can be overridden with '--relative-path'.

-l, --list-details
Use a detailed listing format like 'ls -l'. This is basically an alias for '--exec-
batch ls -l' with some additional 'ls' options. This can be used to see more
metadata, to show symlink targets and to achieve a deterministic sort order.

-L, --follow
By default, fd does not descend into symlinked directories. Using this flag,
symbolic links are also traversed. The flag can be overridden with '--no-follow'.

-p, --full-path
By default, the search pattern is only matched against the filename (or directory
name). Using this flag, the pattern is matched against the full path.

-0, --print0
Separate search results by the null character (instead of newlines). Useful for
piping results to xargs.

--max-results count
Limit the number of search results to 'count' and quit immediately.

-1 Limit the search to a single result and quit immediately. This is an alias for
'--max-results=1'.

-q, --quiet
When the flag is present, the program does not print anything and will instead exit
with a code of 0 if there is at least one search result. Otherwise, the exit code
will be 1. This is mainly for usage in scripts and can be faster than checking for
output because the search can be stopped early after the first match.
--has-results can be used as an alias.

--show-errors
Enable the display of filesystem errors for situations such as insufficient
permissions or dead symlinks.

--strip-cwd-prefix
By default, relative paths are prefixed with './' when the output goes to a non
interactive terminal (TTY). Use this flag to disable this behaviour.

--one-file-system, --mount, --xdev
By default, fd will traverse the file system tree as far as other options dictate.
With this flag, fd ensures that it does not descend into a different file system
than the one it started in. Comparable to the -mount or -xdev filters of find(1).

-h, --help
Print help information.

-V, --version
Print version information.

-d, --max-depth d
Limit directory traversal to at most d levels of depth. By default, there is no
limit on the search depth.

--min-depth d
Only show search results starting at the given depth. See also: '--max-depth' and
'--exact-depth'.

--exact-depth d
Only show search results at the exact given depth. This is an alias for '--min-
depth <depth> --max-depth <depth>'.

--prune
Do not traverse into matching directories.

-t, --type filetype
Filter search by type:

f, file
regular files

d, directory
directories

l, symlink
symbolic links

s, socket
sockets

p, pipe
named pipes (FIFOs)

x, executable
executable (files)

e, empty
empty files or directories

This option can be specified more than once to include multiple file types.
Searching for '--type file --type symlink' will show both regular files as well as
symlinks. Note that the 'executable' and 'empty' filters work differently: '--type
executable' implies '--type file' by default. And '--type empty' searches for empty
files and directories, unless either '--type file' or '--type directory' is
specified in addition.

Examples:
- Only search for files:
fd --type file …
fd -tf …
- Find both files and symlinks
fd --type file --type symlink …
fd -tf -tl …
- Find executable files:
fd --type executable
fd -tx
- Find empty files:
fd --type empty --type file
fd -te -tf
- Find empty directories:
fd --type empty --type directory
fd -te -td

-e, --extension ext
Filter search results by file extension ext. This option can be used repeatedly to
allow for multiple possible file extensions.

If you want to search for files without extension, you can use the regex '^[^.]+$'
as a normal search pattern.

-E, --exclude pattern
Exclude files/directories that match the given glob pattern. This overrides any
other ignore logic. Multiple exclude patterns can be specified. Examples:
--exclude '*.pyc'
--exclude node_modules

--ignore-file path
Add a custom ignore-file in '.gitignore' format. These files have a low
precedence.

-c, --color when
Declare when to colorize search results:

auto Colorize output when standard output is connected to terminal (default).

never Do not colorize output.

always Always colorize output.

-j, --threads num
Set number of threads to use for searching & executing (default: number of
available CPU cores).

-S, --size size
Limit results based on the size of files using the format <+-><NUM><UNIT>

'+' file size must be greater than or equal to this

'-' file size must be less than or equal to this

If neither '+' nor '-' is specified, file size must be exactly equal to this.

'NUM' The numeric size (e.g. 500)

'UNIT' The units for NUM. They are not case-sensitive. Allowed unit values:

'b' bytes

'k' kilobytes (base ten, 10^3 = 1000 bytes)

'm' megabytes

'g' gigabytes

't' terabytes

'ki' kibibytes (base two, 2^10 = 1024 bytes)

'mi' mebibytes

'gi' gibibytes

'ti' tebibytes

--changed-within date|duration
Filter results based on the file modification time. Files with modification times
greater than the argument will be returned. The argument can be provided as a
duration (10h, 1d, 35min) or as a specific point in time in either full RFC3339
format with time zone, or as a date or datetime in the local time zone (YYYY-MM-DD
or YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS). --change-newer-than, --newer or --changed-after can be
used as aliases.

Examples:
--changed-within 2weeks
--change-newer-than "2018-10-27 10:00:00"
--newer 2018-10-27

--changed-before date|duration
Filter results based on the file modification time. Files with modification times
less than the argument will be returned. The argument can be provided as a
duration (10h, 1d, 35min) or as a specific point in time in either full RFC3339
format with time zone, or as a date or datetime in the local time zone (YYYY-MM-DD
or YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS). --change-older-than or --older can be used as aliases.

Examples:
--changed-before "2018-10-27 10:00:00"
--change-older-than 2weeks

-o, --owner [user][:group]
Filter files by their user and/or group. Format: [(user|uid)][:(group|gid)]. Either
side is optional. Precede either side with a '!' to exclude files instead.

Examples:
--owner john
--owner :students
--owner "!john:students"

--base-directory path
Change the current working directory of fd to the provided path. This means that
search results will be shown with respect to the given base path. Note that
relative paths which are passed to fd via the positional path argument or the
--search-path option will also be resolved relative to this directory.

--path-separator separator
Set the path separator to use when printing file paths. The default is the OS-
specific separator ('/' on Unix, '\' on Windows).

--search-path search-path
Provide paths to search as an alternative to the positional path argument. Changes
the usage to ´fd [FLAGS/OPTIONS] --search-path PATH --search-path PATH2 [PATTERN]´

-x, --exec command
Execute command for each search result in parallel (use --threads=1 for sequential
command execution).

Note that all subsequent positional arguments are considered to be arguments to the
command - not to fd. It is therefore recommended to place the -x/--exec option
last. Alternatively, you can supply a ';' argument to end the argument list and
continue with more fd options. Most shells require ';' to be escaped: '\;'. This
option can be specified multiple times, in which case all commands are run for each
file found, in the order they are provided. In that case, you must supply a ';'
argument for all but the last commands.

The following placeholders are substituted before the command is executed:

{} path (of the current search result)

{/} basename

{//} parent directory

{.} path without file extension

{/.} basename without file extension

If no placeholder is present, an implicit "{}" at the end is assumed.

Examples:

- find all *.zip files and unzip them:

fd -e zip -x unzip

- find *.h and *.cpp files and run "clang-format -i .." for each of them:

fd -e h -e cpp -x clang-format -i

- Convert all *.jpg files to *.png files:

fd -e jpg -x convert {} {.}.png

-X, --exec-batch command
Execute command once, with all search results as arguments. One of the following
placeholders is substituted before the command is executed:

{} path (of all search results)

{/} basename

{//} parent directory

{.} path without file extension

{/.} basename without file extension

If no placeholder is present, an implicit "{}" at the end is assumed.

Like --exec, this can be used multiple times, in which case each command will be
run in the order given.

Examples:

- Find all test_*.py files and open them in your favorite editor:

fd -g 'test_*.py' -X vim

Note that this executes a single "vim" process with all search results as
arguments.

- Find all *.rs files and count the lines with "wc -l ...":

fd -e rs -X wc -l

--batch-size size
Maximum number of arguments to pass to the command given with -X. If the number of
results is greater than the given size, the command given with -X is run again with
remaining arguments. A batch size of zero means there is no limit (default), but
note that batching might still happen due to OS restrictions on the maximum length
of command lines.

PATTERN SYNTAX

       The regular expression syntax used by fd is documented here:

           https://docs.rs/regex/1.0.0/regex/#syntax

       The glob syntax is documented here:

           https://docs.rs/globset/#syntax

ENVIRONMENT

       LS_COLORS
              Determines how to colorize search results, see dircolors(1).

       NO_COLOR
              Disables colorized output.

       XDG_CONFIG_HOME, HOME
              Used  to  locate  the  global  ignore  file.  If  XDG_CONFIG_HOME   is   set,   use
              $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fd/ignore.  Otherwise, use $HOME/.config/fd/ignore.

EXAMPLES

       Find files and directories that match the pattern 'needle':
              $ fd needle

       Start a search in a given directory (/var/log):
              $ fd nginx /var/log

       Find all Python files (all files with the extension .py) in the current directory:
              $ fd -e py

       Open all search results with vim:
              $ fd pattern -X vim

BUGS

       Bugs can be reported on GitHub: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd/issues